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 380 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 422, 423. 1872. companiesto shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage g¤"°<=<1¤=¤1*lSh*$» of the same, and in the use of the machinery and Hxtures thereof, and of §0m,S_ all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretaxlgy of glisfr, upon hearing the allegations and roofs of the parties in case they s a not agree. Pl¤¤s,_&c·, to S50. 5. That the plan and specifications, with the necessary drawings of said bridge, shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his ap. War. proval, and until he approve the plan and location of said bridge it shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made in the alan Changes. of said bridge during the progress of the work thereon, such changes ghall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and all changes in the construction of said bridge that may be directed by Congress shall be made at the cost and expense of the owners thereof. Act may be Sec. 6. That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or “l“"'“d¤ &°‘ remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of bridges, is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 10, 1872. June 10, 1872. CHAP. CDXXIII. ——An Act to authorize the Sale ry' certam public Properly. iQ;§°“d“q· Be it enacted by ihe Senate and House of Representatives of the United r, ch. Z98. . ., s, Parr, p. 615.] Slate.; of America in Congress assembled, 'Ihat the becretary of War be, Sscremrv or and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell, in whole or in such sub- .  {Syd; divisions as shall, in his opinion,. secure the greatest amount of money, mf; mowing either by public auction or by inviting proposals for the purchase thereof, arsenals: and in either case to the highest bidder, all the lands and tenements Itome, _ belonging to the United States, at Rome, New York; Vergennes, Ver- mont; Fayettcville, North Carolina; Mount Vernon, Alabama; and Chatlim], tahoochee, Florida, now or heretofore used for arsenal purposes, and mRl¤¤¤¤ V¤’· known, respectively, as Rome arsenal, Champlain arsenal, North Carolina A‘pmch;cOI,,, arsenal, Mount Vernon arsenal, and Apalachicola. arsenal; also the capand certain tnred lands and tenements belonging to the United States at Shreveport, °“l"‘!"°‘1 '·‘l“}“· Louisiana· Marshall and Jefferson Texas- and in Marion and Davis Src., in Louisx-. ’ ’ ’ . anu, ·puxu,’ and counties, Texas; and a tract of forty acres of land, more or less, s1tuated Georgie- about two and one·ha]f miles from the present United States arsenal at Augusta, Georgia, which comprises the site of the old United States arsenal and any adjoining land purchased by the so-ca1led"c01ifedei·ate States," which fell to the United States as captured property, and which has not hitherto been sold, and all the material and buildings of the powder-works erected by the so-called " confederate " government thereon: Nom-8;,,1,,, Provided, That no sale shall be made under this act until the time, terms, place, and inode thereof shall have been published in one of the principal &c_ ° ’ newspapers in the c1ty of Wzrsliirxgton, in two of the principal papers printed at the capital of the State, and one paper printed in the county in *§£IIi·T§S€£Sls3isl“‘“iF EIL ZZ5E2t3F £`”§?i§E£°fn `12£.f1£Z,TZr§fJ£fé¥Z the property to be sold is situated, then the notice shall be published in a newspaper printed in any adjoining county. Terms of pay- Sec. 2. That the terms of payment for the property above directed to mnt- be sold shall be in all cases not less than one-fourth cash and the remainder on a credit of one, two, and three years, with interest at six per centum per annum, secured hy land and surety from the purchaser or Deeds to be purchasers; and the Secretary of War is empowered and required, on °"°““*°d· receiving the purchase-money in full, to execute all necessary deeds of %ridm;p·og>erty to the purchaser or purchasers thereof on behalf of the m `tates. Proceeds of Sec. 3. That the proceeds of said sales, after paying the necessary ex- '“’°“ ““’°"~ &°· penses thereof, shall, upon receipt of the same, be paid by the Secretary of NVar into the Treasury. A1’1’1tOVED, June 10, 1872.